deadliness
li adjective
1.
causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
2.
aiming to kill or destroy; implacable: a deadly enemy.
3.
like death: a deadly pallor.
4.
excruciatingly boring: The dinner party was absolutely deadly.
5.
excessive; inordinate: deadly haste.
adverb
7.
in a manner resembling or suggesting death: deadly pale.
8.
excessively; completely: deadly dull.
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deadly (ˈdɛdlɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -lier, -liest | |
| 1. | likely to cause death: deadly poison; deadly combat |
| 2. | informal extremely boring |
| —adv, —adj | |
| 3. | like death in appearance or certainty: deadly pale; a deadly sleep |
| 'deadliness | |
| —n | |
| deadly (ˈdɛdlɪ) | |
| —adj , -lier, -liest | |
| 1. | likely to cause death: deadly poison; deadly combat |
| 2. | informal extremely boring |
| —adv, —adj | |
| 3. | like death in appearance or certainty: deadly pale; a deadly sleep |
| 'deadliness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
deadly
O.E. deadlic "mortal," also "causing death," from dead (q.v.). Meaning "having the capacity to kill" is from late 14c.
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deadly (dull) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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